Mechanisms reconciling gregarious larval settlement with adult cannibalism

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 255-268

  Tamburri, Mario N ^a   Zimmer, Richard K ^b   Zimmer, Cheryl Ann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Cannibalism; Chemical cue; Crassostrea gigas; Gregariousness; Group living; Hydrodynamics; Invertebrate larvae; Oyster; Settlement; Suspension feeders

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; CANNIBALISM; CHEMICAL CUE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HABITAT TYPE; INVERTEBRATE; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLLUSC; MORTALITY RISK; PHYTOPLANKTON; REEF; SETTLING BEHAVIOR;

HOOD CANAL; NORTH AMERICA; OLYMPIC PENINSULA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; INVERTEBRATA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 40349088845     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: 15577015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-1074     Document Type: Article

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